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The Role
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the continued growth of Sporting Assets, advancing our mission to help create healthy, resilient communities with sport and physical activity at their core.
As a Senior Consultant, your primary responsibility will be to deliver a range of projects within the Advisory team. Reporting directly to the Head of Advisory, you will be responsible for:
* Project Leadership and Delivery. Leading and managing advisory projects from inception to delivery, ensuring high-quality outcomes for clients.
* Strategic and Operational Client Support. Providing client-facing support across business planning, financial sustainability, governance, stakeholder engagement, and impact measurement.
* Enterprise Growth and Community Development. Working closely with clients, funders and partners to deliver support and guidance enabling enterprise growth and community development within the sport and physical activity sector.
* Investment Readiness Support. Contributing to the development of new services and business opportunities aligned with our mission, including supporting our investment team to deliver investment readiness support across our fund portfolios.
The Individual
Internally you will be:
* Collaborative Team Leader. Contributing to a team environment that values knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and inclusivity. Fostering a collaborative and positive team environment by contributing proactively, constructively, and setting a strong example for others.
* An active member of Sporting Assets. Actively contribute to our success by supporting stakeholder relationship building and assisting with securing commissions, marketing, and operational activities throughout the business.
We are looking for someone with the following attributes:
* A self-motivated individual comfortable working independently and as part of a small, high performing team.
* Collaborative and adaptable, with a proactive approach to challenges.
* A solutions focused mindset with an ability to build trust and deliver meaningful value for clients and stakeholders.
* Motivated to catalyse lasting impact through sport by empowering communities to create impact.
* A team player willing to take initiative and support colleagues to ensure shared goals are met.
* Committed to equity, inclusion, and community empowerment.
Qualifications and Requirements
* Significant experience (typically 5+ years) in a consultancy, strategic, or senior programme role within the social and community enterprise sector, ideally in sport and physical activity.
* Strong track record of managing multiple projects and prioritising effectively under pressure.
* Deep understanding of how the community and social enterprise sector, ideally through sport, can contribute to wider social outcomes, including health, wellbeing, regeneration, inclusion, and community resilience.
* Experience in financial modelling, business planning and investment readiness support with a clear understanding of the key drivers of profitability and sustainable growth.
* Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to engage credibly with a diverse range of people and organisations including marginalised communities and senior leaders from public, commercial and community organisations.
* Strong analytical skills and problem-solving capabilities.
* Excellent empathy and active listening skills with the ability to connect with a wide range of stakeholders.
* Proven business coaching and mentoring skills supporting individuals and community organisations.
* Working knowledge of the legal and governance structures available to community based and socially driven organisations ideally including those operating in sport and physical activity.
* Working knowledge of community and social investment plus funding landscapes.
* Operational experience of community organisations and social enterprises, ideally in sport.
* Understanding of social impact measurement and reporting, including methods such as SROI, outcomes frameworks, theory of change and Power BI.
We do not expect candidates to possess all of these skills and competencies; importantly, we are looking for someone who can show how their skills and experience could be adapted to fit this profile, if/where there are gaps.
How To Apply
If you’re a passionate advocate for community enterprise, driven by the power of sport to create social impact and committed to working collaboratively, we invite you to join our team as a Senior Consultant.
Interested candidates should submit a CV and covering letter outlining your interest in Sporting Assets and how you meet the qualifications and requirements for the role to Careers4Change – see below
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Consulting, Finance, and Strategy/Planning
Industries
* Civic and Social Organizations, Investment Advice, and Sports Teams and Clubs
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